stymie
verb (informal)- stymie somebody/something
to prevent somebody from doing something that they have planned or want to do; to prevent something from happening 阻挠；阻碍；阻止；妨碍 He found himself stymied by an old opponent. 他发现自己被一个老对手阻碍了。 Financial difficulties have stymied the company’s growth. 财务困难阻碍了公司的发展。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryStymie is used with these nouns as the object:- effort
Word Originmid 19th cent. (originally a golfing term, denoting a situation on the green where a ball obstructs the shot of another player): of unknown origin.